Funny how Jesus is often depicted like a 70's hippie, Long hair and colorful comfortable clothing.
Everything fundamental Christians hate. The only thing missing is him smoking a joint.Everything fundamental Christians hate
That's everything Jesus was about now it seems
That's what makes supply side Jesus so funny.
https://www.beliefnet.com/news/2003/09/the-gospel-of-supply-side-jesus.aspx
I wonder why hippies stole jesus look... Ah, white people with guilt. Right.
99% invisible just released a podcast on this subject ☞ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/615-your-own-personal-jesus/
The most popular image of Jesus Christ in the world—a white man with blue eyes, wavy brown hair, and a soft, peaceful gaze—comes from Head of Christ, a 1940 painting by Chicago artist Warner Sallman. It’s been reproduced over a billion times, shaping how millions imagine Jesus.
But its dominance also cemented a white Jesus in the cultural imagination. Scholars point out that the historical Jesus, a Middle Eastern Jew, likely had darker skin. Yet Head of Christ reinforced whiteness as central to Christian identity in America. As historian David Morgan puts it, “It gave white Americans a Jesus that was theirs.”
"Skin of bronze and hair of Sheep's wool"
White Jesus predates the '40s by quite a long way. European Christians have been depicting him that way for centuries. I'm pretty sure Americans had a white Jesus before then as well.
Sadly, it's hard to find accurate depictions of Jesus in the western world.
i read that it was Da Vinci era likely due to instruction from the popes. some say Da Vinci's depictions of Jesus were self portraits.
This was a great episode and I’m happy to see you posted it, since I was also like, “I just learned about this!!”
i remember this portrait from some time ago
it sounded like a reasonable reconstruction: https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a41336100/real-jesus-face/
Ah fuck I need to go listen to more Depeche Mode
Pick up the receiver, I'll make you a believer.
"Racists prefer to think of themselves as special."
Imagine if he went to Korea
This Jesus looks like he could just break free from the cross.
You could say - he is crossfit.
He died for our gains
I mean, He did go to Japan
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-known-legend-of-jesus-in-japan-165354242/
How Jesus really looked
These days the American Christians would deport his ass.
Or take his land and try to build a hotel chain on it…
Well they don't need Jesus when they've got American Jesus.
Suprised he isn't holding an automatic rifle, and holding a miller lite. With a mullet, and confederate flag.
Never forget in the story of Jesus the hero was killed by the state - Killer Mike.
That's a terrorist. Deportation right now. My "not at all pedophile president" and his "not at all nazi" friend say this guy woke and wants to push inclusion and equity. Christian, rise up against this disguting plan.
Wtf dude
It's christian love.
it's sarcasm saying how Jesus was actually really really caring about people which is the opposite of what conservatives do, dispute them claiming that they're the Christian party
Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11
Slap!
You were having that dream where you made the white people riot, weren't you!?
I just told them the truth.
Are we at the point where the touchiness of 9/11 has worn off and we can actually talk about what involvement the bush administration had in making 9/11 without being called wacko conspiracy theorists?
Those neocons were up to something.
See, the thing I look back on is the non-stop, never ending coverage of it on the news.
It was like they were trying to traumatize people.
He would also be saying it in Aramaic as an illiterate builder (stone worker being more likely than carpenter but the Greek word translates generically).
And there were a lot of early groups (Marcion and all the groups we call Gnostic) who took Jesus' teachings to mean God from the Old Testament was an evil demiurge God and Jesus' teachings were to overcome the material world.
With how Christian teachings have coalesced into the Trinity etc it would be really interesting to hear what the historical man himself was actually saying.
How can god be illiterate
He doesn't call himself God until the gospel of John which was written later than the others. Pretty sure the historical Jesus wouldn't be claiming to be God at all. That's just something that happens with religions over time.
Odin had to earn the secret of the runes.
This is my Jesus
"Dad dammit guys"
Jesus 👏 was 👏 a 👏 short 👏 king 👏
remember?
Uh, no. It's been thousands of years.
I don't think Jesus would say that, lol.
Jesus was a brown man who was all about the revolution.
Reminds me of the episode of Good Times when JJ painted a black Jesus and his face was that of Ned the Wino.
test
"Jeshua! How ya doin!? I could do with a little nosh, I'm telling ya, I could almost plotz-ey waddaya doin? I'm not interested in a shower... LET GO OF ME!! STOP!!! NO MONEY LENDING IN THE TEMPLE!!!!"
